Overview
- EMERCOM teams manually cut a roughly 50‑meter trail on a steep slope to bring the man to transport before delivering him to a hospital for a vital procedure.
- In a separate incident, rescuers pulled a schoolboy from a deep drift after he jumped from a shopping‑center roof, and he did not require medical care.
- City authorities say bus service cannot yet be restored, so EMERCOM and Rosgvardia Ural trucks and parts of regional and municipal fleets are carrying passengers.
- Regional leaders extended school holidays to January 17 and directed many government employees to work remotely.
- Officials continue avalanche and rooftop snow warnings, advise residents to stay home when possible, and report two deaths from roof slides in the city.